There was only one speaker at Sugar Land’s last public hearing regarding the tax rate, and while the speaker does not live in the city, she owns two Sugar Land homes.
Nancy Hentschel, a New Territory resident, expressed concern that the city is “raising taxes in a time when our community and our nation are suffering some real economic setbacks.”
Sugar Land City Council will vote Nov. 3 on a tax rate of $0.30 per $100 of property value – the same tax rate as last year. The city was required to hold two public hearings on the tax rate because the effective tax rate was lower than last year’s tax rate.
The effective tax rate is the amount of tax a city has to levy in order to generate the same amount of revenue as the previous year. Generally, when property values increase the effective tax rate decreases, which was the case in Sugar Land, with an effective tax rate this year of a little more than $0.29.
A resident with the average residential value of $255,557 and a 7 percent homestead exemption will see a 2009 tax bill of $766.67, an increase of $35.54 compared to the average 2008 tax bill of $731.13, which is based on the average value of $243,710 and a 7 percent homestead exemption.
Hentschel also spoke about rising homeowner association dues.
“…We have a problem, and raising taxes and raising annual dues for 80 percent of the people who live here…this is hurting people,” said Hentschel. “It may only hurt 10 percent of the people dramatically, but it is hurting people. It’s not a neighborly thing to do and it’s also not an economically intelligent thing to do.”
“There was only one speaker at Sugar Land’s last public hearing regarding the tax rate, and while the speaker does not live in the city, she owns two Sugar Land homes.”
Thank you to fortbendnow for correcting some of the earlier misinformation that was contained in paragraph one. It is just too bad that someone from the city would feel the need to discredit a SL city taxpayer, especially when they have every right to speak up at a public session. Besides the city is in the process of annexing New Territory. Don’t those people have a right to speak before their future mayor and council?
They really shouldn’t turn their communications department lose on their own people. After-all they get paid with their money too……
Way to go Ms. Hentschel. Keep speaking up for the rest of us! (except the official site vendor feeding troll monkey)…
You sure like to make them up. You were calling Morrison and liberal too and attacking Stansell, Hilton and a dozen others from your own party. You wadefishin are not credible.
Ms. Hentschel is a fiscal conservative and social moderate. If you google her you will find a long list of pro-taxpayer stances, not just this one before the SL council. She was one of many that spoke against the school districts tax increase this year in 2009 and she was able to get the Texas Attorney General (who must be a another liberal in your book) to order the superintendent to turn over all the Global Science & Technology Center records. She went on point and faced the attacks along with numerous others regarding this 30 million dollars duplicate vendor feeding project.
Google a little more and you will find her a staunch property rights advocate……yes I guess in a govt vendor defenders mind anyone that opposes tax increases, wasteful spending, record bond debt (top ten in the state), corporate welfare must be a “liberal”?
Why do you always defend the taxpayers enemies charlie (“wadefishin/jbb/johnbernardbooks/ftbendconman/viceLT/noodlz”)???
Stop lying for a few minutes…..and do your homework for a change….just because she pays much more in taxes than you doesn’t mean she wouldn’t listen to you too. She would probably work to keep your taxes down too……..well, maybe not….hahaha
Now “liberal” tax, borrow and spender, go soak your teeth!!!
more education for our troll
Nancy Hentschel is a uberliberal running for the board of KPFT the left leaning radio station that devours taxpayer dollars each year. Hentschel speaking out against taxes is about as credible as Obama saying the isn’t one dime in Obamacare for illegals.
charlie, don’t you think you’ve already proven what an “idiot” you are. You are going to keep the charade going even longer? And stop talking to yourself fbc/mega (singular), you haven’t fooled anyone (besides you only have one other post in this thread unless you forgot you were trying to convince us that mega wasn’t you)……transparent toadie….hahaha
Now apologize as the crony rep for attempting to spread more lies about the tax protester in this article. They do own property and pay more in taxes than you “VI”. I know it must be hard trying to keep up with your lies, but at least give it a minimal try (pist, and defending multiple tax increases, record borrowing and spending is not conservative anything moron)……tell your buddies Allen Owen, Bob Hebert and Charlie Howard that too and tell them to stop opposing appraisal caps and rate caps (you see they do no good if you have one without the other vendor feeder)…..
Now go soak your teeth. It isn’t safe to sleep with them in over night….. : ^ }
Mega, He’s his own worst enemy this why I keep him posting
Can you imagine the candidates he supports when they read his
trite drivel? Its so pathetic when they posts on their blogs
he grovels for a pat on the head and most ignore the crazy blogger. Its really pathetic to watch.
FYI, I just did a search on the county website and apparently Ms. Hentschel, the speaker against the tax increase, owns several homes. One in NT and two inside the city limits of SL in First Colony and Avalon. So it looks like she has every right to speak at the council and it also appears she is paying quite a bit in property taxes to them also. I wonder if the city PR department she supports with those taxes was the one that put out the misinformation spin on her???
Pist charlie, you can do this search too, I know you can….hahahaha
Nothing but more ad hominem…..too bad. How about I e-mail you the answers and you can post them and then we can actually debate something, since you seem intellectually challenged. Don’t worry I will give you some good responses.
Like for the lobbyist comment and CAD/rate caps we could say that they are more concerned with growing their budgets and feeding the special interest than the families, homeowners, taxpayers and voters whom carrying this fabricated burden.
Or every year they talk about shrinking government, but only manage double-digit budget growth (except this year when they threw the party on our dime….hahaha)….
–You try one….LOL
PS Keep trying, you’ll figure out that search engine yet…..;-)
PPS Factual and truthful is neither negative or positive, besides the humor is at your expense and is IMO very positive rotflmao…..
It must really suck to be so negative all the time and dwell
on the fallacy that public officials are all out to get you (except that angel Gary of course) Man, I would go crazy if taxes and appraisals and eveil city council members and crooked Mayors and Tax Foundations consumed by every waking thought.
Me, I’m going to go for a jog and then go have a nice meal and a couple of beers while watching the baseball game now. CYA haha
Life is good.
“MEGABITE says:
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:08 pm (#)…Do you really think we actually read them…”
Since you asked and you are the only one in here right now I would have to say no you can’t read…HAHAHA
–I had to. You open yourself up way to much toadie.
OMG! The Sky is falling! The sky is falling, people!! RUNNNNN!!!
What’s wrong you still haven’t figured out how to do a search….hahaha….are you really a conservative or just posing as one…do you even know what fiscal & constitutional conservatism means as appled? Free and open markets??? Anti-trust???..etc…..LOL
Actually toadie, these are news articles and I’m asking questions, but you can label it whatever you like since apparently you have no problem with record borrowing (debt), tax and spend…..didn’t you defend the $30 million dollar “Global Taj Mahal” and subsequent FBISD tax increases this year and last????
What did you think about Charlie Howards duplicity in that record bond debt and ’08 rate increase, followed with another ’09 increase????
Something else in the above article is interesting is the HOA dues going up along with the taxes….now why would they need to do that???? More foreclosures because of the predatory lending practices that went on. You know giving loans to people that couldn’t afford them in mass and calling them “alternative mortgages” instead of high risk mortgages?
Oh, I forgot, that’s the suckers fault and not the predators….
Yawnnnn. You keep copy/pasting the same things over and over. Do you really think we actually read them over and over? Not too bright, are ya?
As you already know dummy the site holds linked pieces. You are very slow at this aren’t you….hahaha
Here’s more…..
“May 20th, 2009 | by Bob Dunn | Published in News | 4 Comments
Despite the national real estate crunch, a preliminary valuation of all Fort Bend County property by the county Central Appraisal District shows a total of $42.2 billion – up 10.8% from last year….”
Don’t forget to thank your boyz for us…There is more than one gang operating in this community….hahahaha
& more
Tax Foundation Study Again Hits Fort Bend County Hard For High Property Taxes
January 29th, 2009 | by Bob Dunn | Published in News | 11 Comments
The Tax Foundation has released new Census Bureau data showing Fort Bend County standing alone among a sea of New York counties, all painted as having the nation’s highest property taxes.
The list, titled “Top 20 Counties in Median Real Estate Taxes as a Percentage of Median Home Value, includes Fort Bend at No. 11. Every other county is from New York.
–I wish I could do your search for you, but I’m over here, not in your rental trailer….hahaha…I see now how you paid less in taxes than the rest of us….LOL
Welcome to FortBentWhiner.com everybody!
Here’s a great quote from that article by Bobby boy, ““Right now the slowest ship in our little tax convoy is the CAD.”—Maybe he should of said our huge tax convoy….hahaha
What a great quote for our fearless leader and vendor feeder (how’s that rhyme)….lol
–Kinda makes one wonder why supposed conservatives Charlie Howard, Bob Hebert, Allen Owen and several others in your pol. machine oppose CAD & rate caps? At least until you look at their campaign finance reports and see where our tax dollars are really going.
I believe the county had over 40 million in no bid contracts last year and the school district had over 15 million, but what’s a million here or there between friends, right…hahahaha
…And that does not take into account all the diverted dollars, abatements, special zones, etc….
Give me the link, Keyboard Commando…
Guess it mysteriously works for you
“No posts found. Try a different search?”
BTW swifty I repeated the search and it pulled the article and comments up immediately. What’s your problem? Just cut and paste it in and you will see your usual hypocritical post contradicting what you are doing in here….please explain for anyone still reading this, because I already know your game charlie….hahaha
Hold your breath too. haha
Mkay. *wink wink*
I’ll wait…..lol
Better go back and ask what you should say next lackey. hahaha
I’ve never been thrown out of a public meeting, ever? So wherever you are pulling that one from is more misinformation. Probably coming from the same source you get most of your empty claims from toadie.
I used it and nothing was found, Ira.
Are you having trouble using the search function “VI”/charlie????
–Answer the questions, what are you afraid of?
I don’t know, why don’t you show up at a council meeting and ask them? Try not to get thrown out this time tho.
Oh I see your back to the MC rants again. That’s typical.
Vendetta.
Why does the county and SL/MC city governments hire lobbyist, on our dime, to oppose combined caps charlie?
And BTW, brainiac “No posts found”
What’s really pathetic is how much time
it took you to dig it up. Talk about
no life. ha
“Huge Backlog Of Property Appraisal Protests Will Cause Tax Bills, Budgets To Be Late
Fort Bend County property owners may not see their tax bills until mid-October or possibly much later because of a backlog of thousands of people [...]
August 4th, 2009 | Published in News”
You really need to read this article again charlie (wadefishin/johnbernardbooks/ftbendconman/charlie/noodlz/vice
lT/etc…)–Kinda makes one wonder why Charlie Howard, Bob Hebert, Allen Owen and several others in your pol. machine oppose CAD & rate caps? At least until you look at their campaign finance reports and see where our tax dollars are really going.
I believe the county had over 40 million in no bid contracts last year and the school district had over 15 million, but what’s a million here or there between friends, right…hahahaha
…Stay tuned for more….
I assumed you save my postings like you do FBC’s, nutcase.
All that yada yada about selling out is all bovine excrement sensationalism to try and prove your nonexistent point.
Moron–if you go to the search function and plug in the title it will pull the article for you and you can jog your memory. I’m sure we can find more gems like that charlie (“VI”)….man this is fun….you are way to easy. When did you corpocrats stop believing in free and open markets and democracy? When did you start selling out the constitution for globalization?
Just curious?
Surely you know saving peoples’ internet postings isn’t normal
behavior, right?? coo coo coo coo
Yes, I admire the people that speak up when they think they’re being wronged instead of just whining on the
internet. That is so much easier.
Hey stalker, why don’t you provide the context of the quote?
Sorry charlie, you were the one claiming there was no increase….you really need to support your statements you throw around. Here’s another good one below for you and apparently in this one you were supporting the protesters? Now you don’t….I think anyone who speaks up deserves our gratitude. It is very difficult to stand in front of some of these staged dog-n-pony shows. I’m proud of anyone who does…..and once again weren’t you encouraging people to go on these threads not long ago…..yes, you can’t pay for entertainment like this….;- ]
PS –Huge Backlog Of Property Appraisal Protests Will Cause Tax Bills, Budgets To Be Late
Fort Bend County property owners may not see their tax bills until mid-October or possibly much later because of a backlog of thousands of people [...]
August 4th, 2009 | Published in News
And what does this post mean charlie. Are you supporting or criticizing all those protesting…hahaha
“MEGABITE says:
August 5th, 2009 at 9:28 am (#)
Hmmm, I wonder why there are so many protests…hmmmm”
While you are looking up the word ‘threat’ in the dioctionary since you obviously don’t know what it means, better go ahead and look up ‘average’ as well.
OMG!! A $35.00 increase! OMG!!! OMG!! What are we going to do!? Foreclosure is emminent!! *rolling eyes*
What was the tax rate for SL for the past decade? Surely you realize how low $.30 is, right? but again, why should you care, you don’t even live here. You are just bored and looking for something to whine about.
so calvin today are you a liberal or a progressive or a conservative?
I’m betting you’re a closet Marxist.
“A resident with the average residential value of $255,557 and a 7 percent homestead exemption will see a 2009 tax bill of $766.67, an increase of $35.54 compared to the average 2008 tax bill of $731.13, which is based on the average value of $243,710 and a 7 percent homestead exemption.”
You must have missed the last paragraph. The state requires a hearing when an actual increase has occurred. Remember you forgot to use the spin words “rate” versus ” ad valorem taxes” (appraised value)…..see that 11% article to understand more charlie….lol
No time for more lessons on this…
CHANGE BAD! CHANGE BAD! No tax or appraisal increase EVER!
Let’s see, if we have tax rate increases almost every year with subsequent appraisal increases…..well you get the picture charlie. Now if you post in the open we can see what you did and didn’t pay each year for the last decade or so (just to see if you are being truthful, because we know you always tell the truth in here…hahahaha)….but explain this too me, how can you possibly defend record debt (more borrowing), double-digit appraisal increases, coupled with spending increases and tell me what it fiscally conservative about any of that when the market has dipped and we’re in a recession???
Yep, just what I thought. The cronyz aren’t conservative, they just say they are and hope everyone believes it.
Mary K-Are we talking about SL? Do you see the title up top?
The taxes didn’t go up. Period.
Do you really think copy/pasting the same things over and over and over is helping you? It makes you look like the
South end of a Northbound horse, FYI. ha
Yep you sure are right…..LOL
“Property Values – And Taxes – Set To Rise Again This Year In Fort Bend Despite Dismal Market
Fort Bend County landowners – many of whom were irate over appraisals and property taxes that shot up in 2008 despite a dismal national real [...]
March 5th, 2009 | Published in News”
You sure are making another unsupported statement about a real person charlie. You know nothing about their financial situation…..and are pulling it out of your rump again.
Tax Protest Group Brings Out Crowd For Second Mass Meeting
June 10th, 2009 | by John Pape | Published in News
People from literally across Fort Bend County, and even beyond, filled the Irene Stern Community Center in Fulshear Tuesday night to take part in Citizens Against High Tax Appraisals’ second mass meeting to protest skyrocketing property valuations in parts of the county.
–Your right, no one is concerned about higher property taxes….hahaha
Those who’s taxes haven’t gone up shouldn’t claim they have, especially if they aren’t even paying SL taxes in the first place. Are you sure that wasn’t you in a wig??
So you are saying that those who are about to be annexed don’t have a right to speak up? Weren’t you the one telling people to go to the hearing and speak-up…….you are so funny crony-toadie…..LOL
“There was only one speaker at Sugar Land’s last public hearing regarding the tax rate, and according to the address given to council, she isn’t a Sugar Land resident.”
How embarrassing!
Aren’t the starting to annex New Territory and Greatwood? Why shouldn’t people living in areas being annexed speak up or if they are in the ETJ?